Shoval
≈ 3 min read
Names in other languages
No names in other languages are held for this entry yet.
Article bodies are English and are not machine-translated. A name in another language is not a translation of the article.
Shoval ( ) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the northern Negev desert near the Bedouin city of Rahat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
Shoval ( ) is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the northern Negev desert near the Bedouin city of Rahat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council. In it had a population of .
Etymology
The kibbutz founders wanted to name it "Eilat" as they wanted to settle near the Red Sea, however, the naming committee chose the name Shoval. The origin of the name is from two passages in the Books of Chronicles: ″The sons of Se'ir: Lotan, Shoval, Tziv'on, 'Anah, Dishon, Etzer and Dishan.″ - 1 Chronicles 1:38 ″The descendants of Y'hudah: Peretz, Hetzron, Karmi, Hur and Shoval.″ - 1 Chronicles 4:1
History
The kibbutz was founded on 6 October 1946 as part of the 11 points operation by a gar'in whose members were of Hashomer Hatzair and Aliyah Bet immigrants who had survived the Patria disaster that was part of the struggle against the British rule banning Jewish refugees from entering Mandatory Palestine. File:שובל- שובל בראשיתה-JNF000660.jpeg|Shoval 1946 File:חטיבת הנגב - 2 - הישובים בהתבצרות ובלחימה - קיבוץ שובל-139211.jpg|Shoval, 1947 File:חטיבת הנגב - 2 - הישובים בהתבצרות ובלחימה - חברי קיבוץ שובל עם בדואים משבט אל הו-139209.jpg|Kibbutzniks with Bedouins File:Shoval v.jpg|Yiftach Brigade camp at Shoval. 1948 File:The perfect weather and rain brought a great harvest of grain this year (FL45757755).jpg|Harvest of 1974 File:Shoval 005 (2893294964).jpg| Shoval, 2007 File:Shoval IMG 4309 (2893290528).jpg| Shoval, 2007 File:Shoval DSC 0113 (2893298848).jpg| Shoval, 2007
Economy
Shoval has two major sources of income; agriculture and plastics manufacturing. Its dairy farm is one of the largest in the area and is managed as a partnership with kibbutz Na'an. It also has a vast area of arable land where wheat, barley and potatoes are grown. In addition there are several chicken coops that are mainly used to raise chickens for meat. The kibbutz also operates a plastic seals manufacturing plant named Seal Jet. Arava Power Company operates a solar farm on Shoval's land. This 24 acre farm can produce 6.4 MW using 22100 JA Solar panels.
Notable people
Yehuda Bauer, historian Itzhak Bentov, engineer and scientist Elazar Granot, former member of the Knesset Yehudit Kafri, poet and author Danny Robas, musician
References
Text derived from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1375581503 under CC BY-SA 4.0; modifications have been made.
References
1 claim could not be tied to a specific sentence and is listed in the table below instead.